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What exactly is the Knights of Columbus? Anyone with information about this?
Pretty easy to find with an internet search. Maybe the are legit maybe not, IDK.
The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic family fraternal service organization with 1.7 million members. It provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, their communities, families and young people.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus
yeah, I've searched it before...just was hoping for more details here I guess..
Gotcha, I didn't read your post correctly. I'm sure someone knows something. Anything involving catholic or any big churches I have my doubts.
I have a question? My dil's mom just got back from a cruise to the Bahamas about a week ago. When she got home she had large bumps on the back of her throat and her to guess was swollen. She went to the doctor he couldn't diagnose her and sent her to a specialist whom also couldn't give her a diagnosis. They gave her steroids amd antibiotics. Do any of ya'll have an idea of what she could've picked up? Thank you in advance.
I just searched the symptoms you mentioned, Bahamas & cruise. Norovirus is on the rise on cruise ships. I'm wondering if that's true because I saw articles about norovirus vaccines. Also found general disease or viruses common in summer, strept (worse spots on body), Lyme and I get those because of summer colds and more people in the woods. Monkey pox was mentioned 🤣 that's not a summer disease. I stopped reading after that.
Thank you very much. I didn't even think to search that!
Your welcome curiosity killed the cat and so far I'm still kicking😀 I was intrigued by white spots on throat.
Hey, wanted to let ya know, the mom went to er and they diagnosed as Cellulitis!?!.
https://youtu.be/GaychMX21rI
Fresh Prez of DC, part 8
Four booms. Four indictments.
Has anyone noticed the school busses parked in school lots with big banners on them looking for school bus drivers? I just heard yesterday on am radio that there is a severe shortage of school bus drivers. I'm guessing they must be vaxed?
The local school district here always advertise that they're hiring, although the advertising ramps up during the summer. I guess that these drivers are on yearly contracts that needs to be renewed every year if they want to keep working.
If they are facing a shortage of drivers, the clot shot might be the suspect, but I've heard that the kids are getting increasingly unbearable and that drivers are getting a bit sick of their troublemaking, so they opt to not renew, plus the pay might not be good enough...
There are a ton of factors that goes into availability of the bus drivers. I would love to listen into their meetings and hear their reasons.
You are right. I do know the kids are getting more ill behaved. I've heard some bad stories.
Seen my first furry in the wild at kroger..12 yo black chick w cats ears cat tail and cats paws gloves...acting very strangely...Her Mother you didn't do anything wrong you never do anything wrong...they put litter boxes in bathrooms at school
You know?
I would rather a black girl be a furry and into anime than emulate Cardi or Ice Spice or lIzzo
Who’s gonna buy a Trump mugshot tee shirt? ………….. This guy 🫵
Yesterday u/mattroomsq asked an interesting question in a post that unfortunately had to be removed.
My answer: 700
If both ranking systems were accurate: D, 200
I dont know what the rating for Insolvent is, but it should be that.
Yellow Trucking shut down this week and declared bankruptcy. Affecting Walmart and Home Depot
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-trucking-company-yellow-shuts-down-operations-wsj-2023-07-30/
I’ve seen trucking companies go under and strand drivers all over the country. They shut their fuel cards off and stop answering the phone.
Some of you wonder why I am getting a bit peeved at Catturd as of the late:
He is on strike two out of three for me:
1.) The first strike is when he made this post comparing Andrew Tate to Donald Trump and Julian Assange. As you all know, I have made this essay demonstrating that Andrew Tate is very probably a Human Sex Trafficker. This essay was made while the Sound of Freedom was making huge waves and all of the conservative and MAGA voices are promoting it. Unfortunately, the hypocrisy between many of us promoting Sound of Freedom, a movie against sex trafficking, and defending Andrew Tate, very probable Sex Trafficker, is not lost to people who are paying attention, and it is making my job in waking people up harder.
2.) The second strike is this post about his intentions of leaving the RNC and unsubtly encouraging others to join him. Scott quickly pointed out why leaving the RNC right now (or probably in the future) is a bad idea. If there is one thing that irritates me a lot, and makes me distrustful as well, it is neglecting to mention critical details that should have been mentioned in the OP. It either means you are unacceptably sloppy and neglectful when making social media posts, or you are a trojan horse sabotaging Trump's efforts in subtle ways.
Compounding all of these problems is that he has a rabid cult following that makes pointing out these issues a difficult task without bringing down the wrath of a thousand fanboys. Doubly so when trying to call him out on Truth Social, where his following is massive and comparable to the biggest names on the platform, including Donald Trump.
Never liked him. The crass user name tipped me off and quite frankly, he brings nothing to the table. We should have no figureheads. We are anons and our individual names are not what matter...our collective force of will matters.
I don’t think cat turd is a bad person. I just think he has a large following, and then, when you’re on social media, you’re gonna say stupid things sometimes. I agree with you regarding the Andrew Tate thing, but this is a big problem for a lot of people. Hopefully they’ll wake up.
Regarding the voting situation, I think that he didn’t understand what he was saying, and he did retract it. I don’t do social’s either for the most part. However, sometimes I will listen to his show when I’m traveling somewhere to an appointment. It’s a decent little show.
Also, I would like to point out, that he has been doxxed, physically, threatened, his family physically threatened his animals, physically threatened… etc… he’s right up there with Libs of TikTok. These people hate him, because he speaks truth. So I do believe he’s under a lot of pressure.
Catturd has struck me as going towards the deep end since he made that "confessional" post about him being a "fuck up" most of his life and being grateful for his huge following and reach thes days.
Not willing to say he's a Trojan horse (though possible), more like he's exhibiting signs of stress and burn out.
That said, I don't socials, only see what is posted here of his. So my sample set is basically worthless. But since you point it out, I kind of agree - but with no conviction or willingness to firmly stand behind what I'm saying.
I think we can all relate to getting grumpy from burn out though. 🙏
I am niether a fan of Catturd or Tate, but I have to point out the fallacies in this comment.
First - your essay did not establish Andrew Tate is very probably a Human Sex Trafficker. I had addressed your essay and why you were basically falling for FUD regarding Tate. No, you made no compelling point about Human Trafficking, just that he is a garbage guy.
Now you want to use that FUD to start hating anyone who does not fall for the propaganda. Well, its a free country, lol. You can hate you you want!
As for the second tweet - As soon as he understood the implications he changed his mind. I personally have great respect for people who actually accept their mistakes.
ANDREW TATE
https://communities.win/c/TheDonald/p/16biw1Ti4f/andrew-tate-is-a-garbage-human-b/c
Here’s the breakdown of the video
0:10:36 The Official Charges
0:20:15 Is the Accusation About Tiktok Videos?
0:29:37 The Loverboy Method Explained
0:40:47 Why Didn't This Come Out Long Ago?
0:43:37 Messages From an Escaping Victim
0:54:04 Evidence for Threats of Violence
0:59:14 Andrew Tate Self-Snitching (Clear Proof of Lies)
01:09:35 What Criminal Lawyer Bruce Rivers Says
01:14:11 Witness Statements
01:19:49 EVIDENCE: Message Transcripts
01:24:25 Jeffrey Epstein vs Andrew Tate
01:32:13 Crimes Committed in 2022 - Detailed
01:40:55 When Women Deceive Men
01:43:01 Cardi B vs Andrew Tate
01:49:07 Was Tucker Carlson Neutral
02:05:15 THIS IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING
02:14:57 More Lies by Andrew Tate
02:22:37 Grooming a 15-year-old & More Self-Snitching
02:34:41 EVIDENCE: Message Transcripts Continued
02:53:19 Weakling David Wood Leaves
02:54:14 Romanian Law on Human Trafficking
02:57:12 Clear Proof Andrew is Lying
02:59:50 More Transcripts
03:04:08 Read the Indictment For Yourself
03:06:30 Super Chats
03:13:15 The Hypocrisy of Many Conservative
03:18:30 Left vs Right and "the Matrix"
When he was on Tucker Carlson show, his body language seemed to indicate he wasnt being truthful with all of the 'poor me' arguments he was making about the accusations against him.
Very simple. If its overage, then actual kidnapping. if its underage then grooming/luring/emotional coercion tc
The correct word is pimping.
I explained how the criteria used to call it human trafficking can be applied to gold digger, a company that lies about itself to recruit employees and a lot of other situations.
The only possible legit claim is saying he groomed 15 year old based on faulty understanding of the grammar he was using (he was saying she was 21 at the time of the event, but they assumed he said she was 21 currently.)
First, you have to listen to the clip to understand what the faulty interpretation of grammar is. He is talking about an event that happened 6 years ago and in the clip he says "She is 21 years and the other girl is 28 years". The interpretation is that he is talking about here age at the time of the clip making her 15 years old 6 years ago when the event happened. But many people use present tense talking about past in faulty grammar where he is talking about her being 21 years at the time of the event, not now
in case this differene is really hard to undrstand, consider he was talking about a robbery that happened 6 years ago, and he says "The robber is standing with a knife". Is he talking about 6 years go? Or is he sayng that at that moment as he is speaking, there is a robber standing with a knife?
Pimping of grown women is emotional exploitation. People do this in all shapes and forms in daily life, and its not illegal. It makes him a bad guy (and I keep saying it again and again), but does not equate him to a guy who captures people and sells them to someone else to do whatever they want.
This is the same faulty logic used by the Left in many other things, such as to equate a bad sexual interaction with a woman same as rape, or to equate a person carrying a weed to a mexican drug lord. Completely different.
If its "pimping", the whole claim that the Anons are being hypcrites backing SOF but not denouncing Tate falls flat.
If Catturd is glorifying a "pimp" rather than a "Human Trafficker", then it means I need to dig more into Tate to see what would warrant that rather than unsubscribing him.
There's no difference to me between pimping and trafficking, grooming, abuse, rape and exploitation. Parsing it does not change the degradation, immorality, or perversion. Telling a young woman she may be wealthy by whoring is abominable to the Lord. No wiggle room. Are we joined together to fight satanic influence in the world ? How then is it possible to see this man as a role model for younger men? The evil stinks the same whether or not it comes from "our" side or "their" side. Men are supposed to protect, to fight evil when it threatens, he is encouraged to marry, lest he burn in lust. A woman who falls into the spell of a man like this, will be seduced by the money, but that is not the only reason it is hard to leave. It is hard to leave because many find it hard to feel good about themselves or turn back to God, they live in shame, regret, and gross memories haunt them. If people use the word cocksucker as a terrible insult, how then can they stick up for a man who tells his harem to go out and do that? Thank God for my son, who says Tate should be hung by his balls, and thank God men like that hold no sway over his confidence in his manhood.
I agree with your statement because I as well watch that entire video, and time stamped everything. And yes, Andrew Tate was grooming and admitted to having a girlfriend at the age of 21, who he was with for six years. That would’ve made her 15 years old when he met her. If that’s not grooming and pedophilic activities, and I don’t know what it is.
There was also a portion of that video where he promised the girl that he was going to marry her, moved her to a new country, and then set her up with TikTok, and only fans, while grooming her using one of his Hench women. If that’s not trafficking, then I don’t know what it is.
He literally moved a woman from one country to another, with the promises of marrying her, and then required her to perform some type of sexual acts on camera, and encouraged her to make money doing so. Yikes.
I believe she is the main person in his indictment. Along with two other women that were charged.
Hey frens, Have a question. Can anyone tell me if Trump's lawyers were successful with this hearing being televised? If so, anyone know what time it will be? ThankQ in advance.
So last night I went over to a couple from my church house . They are not fully awake. Just slightly. They have noticed the corruption in Hollywood and know children get trafficked..so we are talking and the guy tells us that he has been having really vivid visions. So I ask oh really of what. He literally says...of a storm!! Haha I just chuckled. God is funny how he works. We are gonna be getting together more 😁
Oh my keep us posted on his visions. God does work in mysterious ways♥️
Will do. We feel really connected to them. They are starting a home ministry and I could see it playing a part in Prayer Garden. They are kinda acting as an irl accountability and mentors for us. They really enjoy discipleship and I wanna utilize. Please keep them in your prayers. I will definitely keep u guys updated..
The vision was of a storm and people being pulled from it 😁🙏❤️
Blessings to you and everyone. I believe home churches are getting more in trend because big churches are losing people.
I agree. Though I do think we need to learn to balance it. The physical buildings can act as hubs and community centers while the homes can act as bible studies and fellowship places. Breaking bread and talking
Enjoyed this thread a lot. Wanted to say Im glad you're feeling your relationship with this couple grow - that's always an awesome thing IRL.
God Bless. 🙏✌️
I live in the mid west and buy my gas at a store called quick trip. I pay at the pump with a credit card. Yesterday the added a 1.00 preauthorization fee to the already high gas price. I use AT&T for mobile phone with 5.00 discount for auto pay. They discontinued the discount for credit card payments and want bank account number which I don't want to give. What's really going on?
They may as well ask for SS# that's crazy! What are they planning on doing with bank account number?
We are in end times for the financial system. Many many banks will be gone. Its the same story everywhere, more and more people not taking credit cards. Going back to cash.
When I came to the USA, at 15 with my 1st. job in a food store, I started saving $10 in a Credit-union, & at 20 learned to use a credit card ONLY for dire emergencies & because I hate debt, asap paid stuff off... how I've maintained a cc-score above 800 😊.. & still now I pay 95+% with cash.
I was wide awake at 3:47 this morning, but I slept great from my regular bedtime until that point. I have often heard that when we wake up fully refreshed in the wee hours of the morning, that’s a special time to just sing worship and spend time with God. So I did just exactly that. It was awesome. Sometimes He just wants us to take that early morning blessing and reboot! God is so good to me! I’m ready for whatever comes next!
Thank you for sharing that that was precious. I’m happy you were able to spend time with him, without interruption. God bless you.
same, it happens to me a lot. Grab the good book and pick a psalm, pray, say the Our Father, and just be with him.
Later today, when it’s 11:00 in Washington DC, 17:00 in West Europa, my colleague Dirk will begin his bi-monthly country-blue grass radio show on Radio Bern. It’s one hour long and he’s got a very good musical taste. It doesn’t have much talk* between songs.
👉🏻 http://rabe.ch - click the play button up left to stream it
(*in German, which should amuse u/ArmyLady 🫡💐)
Also tagging u/Mary911 🤗💐 who might be interested if she can benefit from a proper Internet access at that time.
German immigrant here.
It started 5 minutes ago with that song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-aD5Pt7Edg
German immigrants were part of Appalachian blue grass.
Just wrote the Link down in the hopes that Mason (the kind one) will allow me to use one of his devices. Thanks for the time slot. That will be 10 AM my time. Have a blessed day.
You too my Dear Mary!🙏🏻💐
Okay. Leaving out now. See you tomorrow if the good Lord is willing.
Thank you my dear friend. But I'd have to steal a child's laptop or tablet and then they'd be crying.
My dumbass libtard coworkers couldn't imagine why everyone in Canada hates Justin Turdpole. One is a Canadian and as soon as he mentioned that everyone he knows in Canada hates him, the Americans were like, "Oh they hate him because he's getting things done!" SMH. The Canadian is actually somewhat fair-minded and not a raging shitlib like the others. I can talk to him about stuff, but the others are total shitlibs.
News flash, ivermectin cures long COVID or post COVID symptoms. Only takes a few days but everything begins to clear up. I had all kinds of things like anxiety, brain fog, swollen face, bad headaches, cramping neck muscles, asthma. All mostly gone in 2 days after treatment of ivermectin, just the regular COVID protocol. I suffered for 3-4 weeks of this with no sign of stopping. There was also a lot of prayer and God pointed me to the COVID protocols
Excellent! Thanks for the feedback.
It's too early for Thursday, I haven't finished my Wednesday doldrums, still whining about the mess left behind by the weekend sisters updates... Work didn't used to be like this, until they started "improving" things. Now stuff breaks weekly at minimum. Maybe I should go back to the Wednesday chat and vent some more.
“After all… tomorrow is another day” — Scarlett O’Hara
First Verse, Romans 8:38-39.:
It’s versus like these that got me through my separation time with Christ. I had walked away, but I always believe that God’s word was 100% Inerrant. This verse speaks to my heart. Because it’s so true because here I am. Back in the loving arms of my savior.
Amen one of my favorite non prayer related verses in bible 😁🙏
Amen!
This comment was started 2 minutes ago. I was really hoping for more items discussed.
I heard the new cool thing to do is share a verse..all the cool kids are doing it. I think they call it first verse 🙏😁
Yes, and this is a great new trend, however… The great disappointment will continue on. I thought it was over too, but here it is. And I think it is one of the funniest things to happen here on this forum.
Whenever I hear or see the word disappointment now, I’m anything, but. I literally laughed out loud because it is so funny. Basically, it’s a complete opposite and I’ll never have to be disappointed again. 😂🤣😂🤣
Yes I am all for it continuing. I like first verse though because it also causes growth and spreading the good news..
Have u ever thought about why that is that u are now anchored in a positive way to that word. And if so have u tried to utilize it for other positive ways?
Yes, I am anchored to that word being positive now, because of the comedy behind it. And the camaraderie.
Have u ever tried to do that with other things to help yourself bounce from any negative times into positive times. Our mind is a very powerful thing. It can either cause great distress or bring alot of joy. Using different triggers from words or images for different people
Surely. True 😊
Started in 2004 a Forum of 'Good😊soul+mind+body'.
Unfortunately, it became over-run with > racists & hating christian advisors & other sinners < that too exist on this platform, even in c/POSITIVE of all places. evidence = https://communities.win/c/Positive/p/16c1uiAt2k/parents-of-2-inspired-at-church-/c .
Wondering... where else to Create a 2nd.😊 Safe heaven like mine was in 2004 thru 2010. --- Do you know, Ryan?
Unfortunately anytime u make something open invite it will eventually draw in that stuff. So u either have to do invite only or be willing to block all that stuff when it comes in
Yes, I have. But this in particular was a group effort. So now the word disappointment really is not disappointing at all. And it was because a group of people came together and made it that way.
There are different keywords or colors or smells or things in life that can change somebody’s mood. I was just reading a story about how petting an animal, a dog or a cat… For five minutes can change a persons mood in a positive manner.
For me, it’s as simple as breakfast. Every day I eat the same thing. Berries, I have to have my berries. I find them comforting, and a constant in my life. It’s very helpful for me when I am staying at other peoples houses, watching the animals, because every day starts the same. It’s something I can count on.
There are many other examples, but that’s just two.
U can achieve the exact same thing with or without a group being involved.
We each are unique, so some might get uplifted by petting an animal some might not depending on how there mind perceives different things. There is a lot to it
Getting sleepy but will talk more with u about this in future. Have a good night sis. Love you.. God bless
Could you say that you were.... disappointed By the lack of discussion?
I am disappointed by the lack of disappointments these days!
#MeToo! Lol! 😂🤣😂🤣
Darn. I got the meme wrong. sigh
I guess we'll have to do it again tomorrow.
You did perfectly fine! There’s plenty of opportunity for disappointment in the future. 😂🤣😂🤣